The author of this initiative was the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg.
“Today, minors aged 14 to 16 years do not bear any responsibility for cruel treatment of animals, even if these actions were committed by a group of people against several animals in the presence of minors using sadistic methods and broadcasting on the Internet, reads the explanatory note to the bill.
Earlier in Russia it was proposed to limit the number of pets in apartments.
FAN also reported that the State Duma offered to introduce permission for the maintenance of fighting dogs.